·The track name changed from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 1999. It changed back to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2010 season.

·The track was re-paved again before the 2006 season.

Notebook

·There have been 102 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, two races per yearsince the track opened in 1960. In 1961, there were two 100-mile qualifying points races held the week beforethe May race. The first six fall races at Charlotte were 400-mile events (1960-65).

·37 drivers have posted poles, led by David Pearson with 14.

·Fireball Roberts won the pole for the first race, in 1960.

·David Pearson posted 11 straight poles at Charlotte from the fall of 1973 through 1978.

·Jeff Gordon won five straight poles for the spring races between 1994 and 1998.

·42 drivers have won races, led by Bobby Allison,Darrell Waltrip and Jimmie Johnson, with six each. David Reutimann became a first-time series winner last May after winning the Coca-Cola 600.

·Joe Lee Johnson won the first race, in 1960.

·There have been 13 back-to-back victories, including three consecutive by Fred Lorenzen (fall 1964 and both 1965) and four straight by Jimmie Johnson (both in 2004 and 2005).

·A sweep has occurred eight times, including each season from 2004-2007.

·14 races have been won from the pole, the last by Jimmie Johnson last October.

·Jimmie Johnson won the 2003 Coca-Cola 600 from the 37th starting position, the furthest back a race winner has started.

·Jimmie Johnson is the only driver with more than two Charlotte races to average top-10 finishes (8.6). He has the all-time best average finish among drivers with at least five races.

·A number of active drivers earned their first win at CMS: Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears and David Reutimann. Inactive drivers David Pearson, Buddy Baker and Charlie Glotzbach also got their first series win at Charlotte.

NASCAR in North Carolina

There have been 510 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in North Carolina.

419 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as North Carolina.

There have been 43 race winners from North Carolina in NASCAR’s three national series; 28 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: